Erica & Luigi wedding in Cop Cot, Central Park.

We were both law students at the NYU. We are both Italians but met in the US.

During the last semester of college, we decided to get married and we really wanted all our friends, professors and parents to be present at the wedding.

Weddings in the US are expensive, but it will be a double cost in Italy. So, we decided to go with the small ceremony in the park.

I really needed someone, who can plan the day for me and take care of all reservations, permits, parking and all those little details that might spoil the mood.

Found Dare to Dream and love their concept. Exactly what we were looking for, small intimate wedding, musicians, officiant, and flowers. In a couple of days, we hade the full day schedule, so I knew how my wedding day will go. I should say Italians are always late, so Tatiana recommends to give my group an early notice so that everyone will be there 30 minutes earlier. It played the trick and the group was actually on time. We choose Cop Cot for the ceremony.

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This gazebo is beautiful, very private even thou you are in the public park. We had a musical band, who were playing our national music. My officiant was amazing, sweet person. I even started to cry, when he was performing the ceremony. Everything went so well, that I couldn’t believe that actually happens. After the ceremony, we had a fantastic photo session, that’s where Vlad stepped in and you can feel he knows the area, as he was bringing us to different locations around the park, that looks amazing. I don’t think I ever had so many good images.

After the photo session, we went to the Loeb Boathouse for dinner. This place is so beautiful, we had a wonderful table facing the lake and they were playing live piano in the room. The ideal day. My parents, who were skeptical about the whole pop-up wedding thing, were very pleased and proud of us making a good choice. Thank you, dear Tatiana and Vlad, for making this day memorable for us.

Dare to dream is the new way of the wedding planning. We specialize in small weddings and micro weddings. We believe that the day of a wedding should be easy and stress-free. We also strongly feel that you don’t need to spend a fortune on to make wedding wonderful. Luxury weddings can be, and are very affordable. Our team of seasoned wedding professionals, includes event planners and photographers that know the gems of the city.